April Fools Day 2011 Arenanet added a solo quest featuring a commando (joke GW2 profession) from the future who sends you back in time to save Gwen's mother, before Gwen is born, from a golem sent by the charr. For 2012 that quest is back along with a new one, Annilator 2: Searing Day - the charr have set a golem back in time to kill Gwen as a child. You control another golem sent to save her. At one point you'll meet your past self. There are a number of optional encounters which give items needed later for Keiran Thackery's scavanger hunt. Keiran and Gwen eventually marry.

Both quests are repeatable. You just leave Embark Beach and then return to it. Or just change districts.

Ranger pet wont show up in towns or guild hall but otherwise it can always be with you. Its first pet that does fire damage. It starts out at level 5 though so needs leveling it. Guild member suggested that before charming it for pet, I attack it so it will fight me and let it kill me repeatedly so it gainx experience. I tried that and all though text turned red meaning it should be aggressive it wouldn't fight back.

The NPC you talk to has 3 other friends that don't do anything. She didn't until now either. So I'm wondering if each year for next 3 years, assuming people still play Guild Wars 1, they're be new pets, one water (cold damage), one air (lightning damage) and one earth.

In addition to the normal Birthday Cupcake drops this year consumable items from all holidays are dropping.

For first 5 years a character's Birthday Present will contain a miniature pet unique to that birthday. For 6th year an everlasting tonic instead of a mini. For 7th year the birthday presents are giving presents from previous years.

In Guild Wars 1 the Dragon Festival is this weekend, starts in about an hour. New this year is a quest the completion of which will allow the acquiring of one hat from either previous years Dragon Festivals or the Day of the Tengu, which was a one time only festival. Unlike other quests which are once per character this one is apparently once per account per year. The reason there doing this is that with most of the Arenanet staff working on Guild Wars 2 they will no longer be able to produce new hats each year so they're making old hats available instead.

Okay: new quest is to get 250 Victory Tokens by doing other festival quests. The reward is an Imperial Mask token which you turn in for a mask. In past years you got a new hat during the festival finale if you had 250 Victory Tokens.

For those people who have been playing since the beginning and already have all the masks there is a Dragon Festival Grab Bag, which (based on what other people have said) will give an items worth 250 drunkard points or 250 party animal points or 250 sweet tooth points.

Apparently something similar will be happening for Halloween and Wintersday. That is if anyone still playing GW1 after August 28th.